Description
WF-Chat 1.0 Beta stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain authentication information via a direct request to (1) !pwds.txt and (2) !nicks.txt.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- WFChat 1.0 - Information Disclosure EDB-22388 · remote · Mar 19, 2003 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 1006352 vdb-entry
- 7147 vdb-entry
- 20030319 WF-Chat mailing-list
- 8396 third-party-advisory
- 3645 third-party-advisory
- wf-chat-plaintext-passwords(11571) vdb-entry